Author Archives: mattsweet

Ticor Pocket Profile App – Property Profiles on the go

Hello iPhone-toting Real Estate professionals!  Have you ever wished that you could look up a property profile from your iPhone or iPad?  Well hot off the press is the new Ticor Title Pocket Profile app that provides property profile information and more. Here’s a full list of information available via the App: Property Profile –…

How Does Blogging Lead to Real Estate Business?

“How does blogging lead to Real Estate business?” It’s one of the first questions I hear from Real Estate Professionals when we start talking about modern marketing methods including social media. The uber-short answer is that blogging creates opportunities for conversations, communities, relationships and good old fashioned networking.  From there, a Real Estate person can…

How Green is your Escrow Transaction?

We’re very happy to announce that we have recently fulfilled the requirements for becoming certified green in our Title & Escrow Plant in Renton and in our Escrow branches around the Puget Sound!  Quite simply, that means we are using technology to save paper, recycling more, and implementing more business practices that Reuse, Reduce, and…

How to get a Facebook Fan Page Custom URL

Last year Facebook began allowing users to set custom URLs or web addresses for their fan pages.  This is a great feature because it allows us to promote our fan page address in plain english.  Instead of having an address that has a hundred random characters in it that nobody could remember, we have a [...]

Have you checked your title company’s claims reserve lately?

Have you ever heard anyone say, “You don’t need insurance until you need it? ” It sounds a bit obvious and silly, but it’s true. Title insurance is one of those things that is sometimes looked at (and soon forgotten) as just a line item on the HUD 1 Settlement Statement. Many people don’t realize…